The Minister of Tourism and Modernization of the Capital City, Mr. Jake Obestebi Lamptey on Tuesday said that the tourism sector has the potential to be the largest employer in the country apart from the Agriculture sector five years from now.
He said workers at the Ghana Tourist Board and other departments under the ministry should work hard towards the achievement of this plan.
Mr. Obestebi Lamptey said this when he toured the various sectors under the Ministry of Tourism and Modernization of the City.
The Minister visited the Ghana Tourist Board and the Ghana Tourist Development Company.
He said the cost of hotels and airlines that affect tourism directly gives an impression that Ghana is expensive, especially in the hotel business.
He said places like Kwahu and Elmina could be developed into complete tourist towns in the country.
"We need to develop Kwahu as a honeymoon capital of West Africa," he said.
He said slave route sites needed to be developed since the slave routes have a long and interesting history that could help develop the sector.
He advised the management of the GTB to aim at the African Americans, Ghanaians living abroad and people from the Middle East in developing the tourism sector.
